As a brewer from the UK I have relatively little experience of the IIPA style so I thought I'd come to the experts to critique my recipe.
I tried making the style a few years ago while still making extract beers and made an awful IIPA that became a decentish Barley wine after a year or so of aging....
This time I'm trying for a classic American IIPA, sorry units are in metric but I'll estimate a conversion on each one....
21l brew length 5.5 US gallons
6.5kg Pale malt 14.3lb
0.5kg Crystal 1lb
.1kg wheat malt 3.5 oz
.5kg sugar 1lb
Mash at 65C(149F) or so for 90 minutes
60 minute boil with
70g Chinook @ 60 minutes
60g Cascade @ 20 minutes
60g Cascade @ 1 minute
Ferment with loads of US-05
Dry hop with another 60g Cascade for 7 days after 14 days
That should give
SG 1.080
ABV ~9%
Bitterness 108 IBU
Colour 23 EBC
I tried making the style a few years ago while still making extract beers and made an awful IIPA that became a decentish Barley wine after a year or so of aging....
This time I'm trying for a classic American IIPA, sorry units are in metric but I'll estimate a conversion on each one....
21l brew length 5.5 US gallons
6.5kg Pale malt 14.3lb
0.5kg Crystal 1lb
.1kg wheat malt 3.5 oz
.5kg sugar 1lb
Mash at 65C(149F) or so for 90 minutes
60 minute boil with
70g Chinook @ 60 minutes
60g Cascade @ 20 minutes
60g Cascade @ 1 minute
Ferment with loads of US-05
Dry hop with another 60g Cascade for 7 days after 14 days
That should give
SG 1.080
ABV ~9%
Bitterness 108 IBU
Colour 23 EBC